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GARMENT SUPPORTER.

Patented Mar. 22, 1887.

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. No. 359,616. Patented Mar.22,1887.

' NITED STATES EEicE.

PATENT ROBERT J. KYLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF TVO-THIRDS TOy CHARLES E. VAN VLEOK, OF MONTOLAIR, NEWv JERSEY, AND OSEPH L. PORTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARNIENTfSUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent; No. 359,616, dated March 22, 1887.

Application filed Ottnher 27, 1886. Serial No. 217,301. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that l, ROBERT J. KYLE, a citizen of t-he United States,residing in N ew York city, in the county and State of New York, have f invented a new and useful Improvementin Supporters for Garments and Similar Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact specication,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters and gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

y This invention' relates to an improvement in clasps or catches for supporting garments, such as hose or any other similar articles; and it consists in the devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a. top or plan view of my improved catch. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a View of the under side of the catch. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the catch on the line4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of my supporter, showing the same attached to the fabric to be supported, and showing the two leaves of the supporter made in separate pieces,but held together at the top by the webbing. Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing another mode of attaching the leaves of my supporter to each other.A Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of the leaf b, and a sectional viewof the movable button,showing the latter with a square hub.

Similar letters indicate similar parts in the different drawings.

My catch or fastener consists of the upper and lower leaves, a and b, and the movable button or wedge c. I prefer to make the leaves a and b in about the form shown and from spring-brass or other suitable spring metal struck up in the proper form. (See Figs. l and 2.) The leaves ct and Zrhave slots d at their ends for attachment to the webbing, as shown. I prefer to so make these leaves that in their normal position the elasticity of the metal will hold the leaf a up from the leaf b, as shown in Fig. 2. The button or wedge c moves in a slot in the leaf b, being held in said slot by means of shoulders, as shown inFig. 4.

The lower head or shoulder of the button projects below the surface of the leaf I), thus enabling the button to be easily moved from below by the linger. I make thepslot in the leaf btapering toward the inner end, so that when the button c is pressed up into that end of the slot it will fit snugly enough there to prevent it from dropping down to the other end of its own weight. Y

The leaf a is provided with a slot or opening in the manner shown, large enough at the inner end to permit the head of the button c to pass through it, but at the other end too narrow to permit the passage of the buttonhead, but wide enough to receive the neck of the button and the surrounding fabric, and thus allow the button to be pressed-down to that end. I make in that narrower end ofthe slot a countersunk track or groove, upon which the head of the button can slide. This c0untersinking enables the head of the button to wedge in the surrounding fabric more tightly.

Instead of making the two leaves a and b in a single piece, the leaves can be made of separate pieces and attached together by a piece of metal rolled in the form of a hinge, as shown in Fig. 6; or they can be attached in 'any other suitable manner, as by being sewed to the same piece of webbing. (See Fig. 5.)

In using my supporter the garment or cloth that is to be supported is passed in between the two leaves a and b and over the head of the button c, preferably for some distance. This in itself tends to push the button up to the inner end of the slot in the leaf Z1. When the button has been broughtto that position, the leaf a is forced down upon the cloth and leaf b, and the head of the button c,with the fabric above and around it, is thus forced through the slot in the leaf a. Then the button c is pressed down into the lower part of the slot in the leaf a, and thus engages the garment or cloth, above and around it in a firm grip. The act of stretching the webbing attached to the leaves a and b will of itself tend to pull the leaves away from the garment, and thus cause the button to be forced down into the lower end of t-he slot in the leaf b. If the countersink-track is used the cloth will be held more firmly, a'nd the b'utton can be more easily pressed down into the lower part of the slot.

If the leaves a and b are made from spring metal, when the catch is fastened to the garment or cloth to be supported the elasticity of the metal causes the leaf a to press up tightly against the head of the button c, and thus to hold the cloth or garment more firmly and prevent the button c from slipping up out of the narrow portion of the slot in the leaf a. For this reason I prefer to make my catch in this form.

Vhen my supporter is not made from spring metal in a single piece, but is made as shown in Fig. 5, or as shown in Fig. 6, in attaching it to the fabric to be supported the leaf a has to be raised by the finger above the top of the button c before the fabric can be inserted.

Instead of making the shank or neck ofthe button c round, as shown in Fig. 4, the sides ofthe shank may be made flat or straight, so that the button cannot revolve in the slot in the leaf Z1, as shown in Fig. 7. This will help to prevent the cloth from slipping over the button.

XVhat I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A catch or supporter consisting of two leaves or parts, in a slot in one of which a button is movably attached by two shoulders on the button below the head of the button, one above and the other below the leaf, and in the other of which there is a slot with a wide and narrow portion adapted, respectively, to receive and hold the head of the movable button and the surrounding fabric, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A catch or supporter consisting of two leaves or part-s, a slot tapering at its upper end in one of said leaves, and a movable button working in said slot, and another slot in the other leaf of the catch, havingawide anda narrow port-ion adapted, respectively, to re ceive and hold the head of the movable button and the surrounding fabric, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A catch or supporter consisting of two leaves or parts, a movable button working in a slot in one of said leaves and having two shoulders, one above and the other below the leaf, and having a square or rectangular hub between the shoulders, and another slot in the other leaf, having a wide and a narrow portion adapted, respectively, to receive and hold the head of the movable button and the surrounding fabrie, whereby the button is prevented froni sinking down in or turning around in its slot, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A catch or supporter consisting of two leaves or parts, to one of which a button is movably attached, and in the other of which there is a slot with a wide and a narrow portion adapted, respectively, to receive and hold the head of the movable button and the surrounding fabrie, the narrow portion of said slot having a countersunk track to receive the head of the button, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

ROBERT J. KYLE.

Witnesses:

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